Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz loosening restrictions on restaurants, salons, gyms, pools June 10

Crowd capacity and social distancing restrictions will be in place in most venues

Gov. Tim Walz lifted more restrictions designed to slow the spread of COVID-19 and will allow for limited indoor dining, indoor entertainment at movie theaters and other venues, fitness club usage, and outdoor entertainment of up to 250 people.

The changes, which take effect on Wednesday, include the reopening of swimming pools. Restaurants, bars and salons will now be allowed to operate at 50% capacity and fitness centers can operate at 25% capacity with no more than 250 people.

“We believe we should be able to handle this,” Walz said. “We are going to make sure that we are not going to ask workers to go back into unsafe conditions.” Continue reading.